Bird strike (nemesis or otherwise)

[laminar]

So there's this silly aerobatic competition they had in sand diego this past weekend, anyway there was a birdstrike the pictures are impressive, but it reminded me of that bird Jon hit in nemesis, where it just buried itself in the wing, curious if anyone has pictures of that?


http://smoke-on.com/blog/uncategorized/hannes-arch-takes-third-after-bird-strike

[Leo]

Re: Bird strike (nemesis or otherwise)

Back in '82 "Shangri La" hit a buzzard during a race. Missed the prop and made quite a dent in the horiz. stab.
Theres a picture in Teglers book of a T-6 with a buzzard jammed in the cowling.
One of these days I'll find my shot of Lefty's wooden "bird strike". Clever bird was disguised as a fence post...

[JET1]

poor pelican...

...at least it was quick

[Inverted]

Re: Bird strike (nemesis or otherwise)

So there's this silly aerobatic competition they had in sand diego this past weekend

I am going to laugh when all the Reno Air Racers have to convert to liking Red Bull.... Cause its the more economical form of racing.

[Race 22 mech]

Re: Bird strike (nemesis or otherwise)

Two of Hearts has had two bird strikes.

One in the right wing, we had to live with through the races, cost some speed. The second hit the cowl on the right lower side. It pushed the cowl back into the cylinder, broke the spark plug lead off and bent two push rods, also broke off half of the cowling mount on the cylinder.

It was messy cleaning it up!

[laminar]

Re: Bird strike (nemesis or otherwise)

I am going to laugh when all the Reno Air Racers have to convert to liking Red Bull.... Cause its the more economical form of racing.

I dont follow, how is it racing and how is it economical?

[RB77fan]

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the thing is it aint raceing....its wannabe raceing...its lame

[MRussell]

Re: Bird strike (nemesis or otherwise)

I am going to laugh when all the Reno Air Racers have to convert to liking Red Bull.... Cause its the more economical form of racing.

Honestly that's a troll thing to say.

[T.F.]

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There's a couple clips on Air Sports TV that show Red Bull racers (Extra 300's and the like) pylon racing. Not their usual timed aerobatic routines, but around a pylon course.

Don't know if its disconcerting or encouraging.

Personally I think they should race anything they can think of- Extras, Nanchangs, Trojans whatever.

[AAFO_WSagar]

Re: Bird strike (nemesis or otherwise)

Honestly that's a troll thing to say.

Agreed... this thread is one of those threads that *could* turn ugly so let's all be on our toes..

[Skyracer]

Re: Bird strike (nemesis or otherwise)

I liken Red Bull Air Racing to autocross and drift racing in the car world.

[f1-69]

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at least they have more than one race a year.racin or not.if we dont do something there may not even be the one we get anymore.

[Ken from PG]

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I liken Red Bull Air Racing to autocross and drift racing in the car world.

Or time trials.

[DWYER]

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I can't believe that everybody gets into this little Red Bull air racing battle. It's all aviation and they are both great for the aviation community. I haven't noticed Red Bull's air racing taking anything away from Reno's event. They are two different sports in my opinion. Nascar vs. off road rally racing (bad comparison but you get the point). I have never been to a Red Bull event but one day I would like to go. Now if I had to choose between the two.... then that is another story.

[Leo]

Re: Bird strike (nemesis or otherwise)

They ARE totally different animals. Both are great to watch. Problem seems to be the symantics of the word "race".
One is a race against the clock, the other a race between two or more planes. Both are still racing.
I'm a little jealous of Red Bulls popularity but face it, they have multiple venues (not realistic with Reno style racing), worldwide, with lots of glitz, noise, flashy video and loud annoncers. It is fast paced and showy, perfect for a generation brought up on video games and MTV.
I don't think I personally would want to see too much of that in Reno style racing. A few years ago there was an ad campaign locally with the tag line (in my best wrassling annoncer voice) "come Sunday SOMETHING is going to hit the fan". That what we really want? But I bet numbers were up that year...